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Paraguay


Paraguay is located in the center of South America. It has an area of 406,750 square kilometers making it almost as big as the state of California. It's mayor cities are Asunción, Villeta, and Encarnación. 95% of the population is made up of mestizo groups (mixed Spanish and Amerindian). The official languages are Spanish and Guarani and the dominant religion is Roman Catholic. More than half of Paraguay's population lives in rural areas which have shortages in education and health care facilities. It is surprising to know that even because of the poor educational system, Paraguay has a high literacy rate.

Paraguay has a population of 6,541,591 people. Their graph of population is expanding because there are a lot of babies being born and not many old people are dying.
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17.22 births/1,000 population Paraguay has a high birth rate because birth control is hard to get and a lot of people are very poor.
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4.59 deaths/1,000 population This country has a low death rate because it is very safe. There is a lot of security rather than violence.
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1.256% Because of the high birth rate and the low death rate, Paraguay's population grows very fast.
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-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population The net migration rate in Paraguay is low because Paraguay is the second poorest country in South America. The economy in Paraguay is based on agriculture and the government migration policy is not very satisfying.
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22.24 deaths/1,000 live births This amount of infants dying is due to Paraguay's health care. Paraguay has good private hospitals in the large cities but in the rural areas, these places are limited. Also, good hospitals are expensive and are not available for poor people. This limitates many women to receive proper health care and increases the amount of infant mortality. 76.4 years Poverty and the availability of good health care make Paraguay's life expectancy very short. Even though Paraguay's gastronomy is based on meat and natural products, if the economy doesn't improve, people won't be able to afford proper health care. 55.7 Paraguay's population doubles very fast. This is due to the high birth rate of the population. Many children are beign born from young people.
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In terms of the **Demographic Transition Model**, this country is a Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC). This is because it has all of the characteristics of a LEDC such as, high birth rate, low health care, not enough urbanization and poor economy.



Paraguay's **mayor population issues** come from the big amount of people with HIV( AIDS). In Paraguay an average of 13,000 people have AIDS. The shortages of proper health care in rural areas increases the transmission of this virus. Birth rates are very high because of that as well. Young girls are having a lot of babies. The increase in the young population and the decrease in the deaths increases the population doubling time. **HIV (AIDS)** affects all of society including children. It is important for a country to have available health care everywhere in order to progress. That is why this virus is such a disadvantage for the population and well being of a country.

Sources:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pa.html, CIA- Factbook, November 14, 2012 http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Americas/Paraguay.html- Encyclopedia of the Nations- November 14, 2012 http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/paraguay/- UNAIDS- November 14, 2012